the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Compare domestic fowl .

any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant.

(in market and household use) a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.

the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.

any bird (used chiefly in combination)

waterfowl; wildfowl.

to hunt or take wildfowl.

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bird , capon , chick , chicken , cock , duck , game , goose , hen , pheasant , rooster , turkey